As Brooklyn and Manhattan level off, it’s evident to anyone who takes a look around that Queens is where it’s happening these days, and the Top 15 Movers and Shakers (Page 19) we profile in this issue make our borough work in so many ways, from developers to business leaders to the heads of nonprofits. […]

Publisher’s Note: The Tech World is Embracing Queens We can’t get over the innovation in the tech industry in this borough. Even a quick search through Google for Queens tech news shows a host of new companies taking root every month. And we’re not talking about the guy in his basement who is developing an […]

SUMMER 2015 PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Lisa Vidal, one of the stars of the hit BET show Being Mary Jane, is a pretty hot commodity these days. The Whitestone native describes her career in show business and while she’ll always be a “Queens Girl” at heart. Who knew the borough had signature cocktails with its own namesake […]

The fall of 2014 brings a number of issues affecting our everyday lives to the forefront here in Queens. The homeless blight in New York is front and center, and this mayoral administration is making it clear that it is an emergency situation and the borough need to do its part. Gilbert Taylor, the commissioner […]

A great deal of the community buzz this summer in Queens is going to be about dealing with the city’s homeless. It seems that a few of our neighborhoods in western Queens are being eyed by the de Blasio administration for large homeless shelters. We call them Homeless Depot. Even though Samaritan Village seems to […]

This Issue Is Sure To Show You Something You Haven’t Seen Click on the image to view the magazine It’s difficult not to notice some sweeping changes in the Queens social and political landscape this fall. Just when you thought we were safe, in “historical movement” fashion, a Republican (who was endorsed by Ed Koch, […]

This Issue Is Sure To Show You Something You Haven’t Seen Click on the image to view the magazine Visiting and picking the top drinking holes in Queens (outside Long Island City and Astoria) took a great deal of time and hard research (yeah right!), according to our senior editor Dan Bush, but I think […]

Picking the most noteworthy politicians in Queens proved interesting for the staff. Click on the image to view the magazine Talk to old-timers and they will say that former times produced outstanding public servants. They cannot argue, however, that the Queens Borough President Donald Manes scandal, though it was quick and tragic, was most notable […]

What’s Hot/What’s Cold Click on the image to view the magazine One of the staff’s favorite pages in It’s Queens is the Hot & Cold feature (page 7) because we are forced to be as current as possible and things change so quick around here our collective heads spin constantly. QR (We call them 2D […]